ED RN - Emergency Department Registered Nurse

About the role

Provides professional emergency nursing care for acutely ill and injured patients across all age groups (neonates, infants, children, adolescents, adults, and geriatrics). Includes patient and family education, advocacy, liaison with other health‑care providers, and precepting new employees and students. A new standardized RN rate applies.

Responsibilities

• Applies professional emergency nursing skills in the care and treatment of acutely ill and injured patients utilizing the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
• Promotes patient‑centered care through respect of the patient’s values, preferences, and expressed needs; coordination and integration of care; information, communication, and education; physical comfort; emotional support and alleviation of fear and anxiety; involvement of family and friends; and transition and continuity.
• Collaborates with the patient, significant others, and ancillary departments to create a multidisciplinary healthcare team whose goal is to provide continuous, well‑coordinated care.
• Provides for actual and anticipated education needs and includes education to meet these needs in the plan of care.
• Communicates proactively to the healthcare team the plan of care, changes in the patient’s condition, the patient’s progress, the discharge plan, and other relevant information.
• Must quickly, efficiently, and calmly respond to emergent and critical situations.
• Manages the complex care of critically ill and injured patients.
• Triages patients quickly and efficiently per the Emergency Department’s policies specific to Triage.
• Documents a comprehensive patient record that is organized and complete, reflecting all aspects of nursing care provided.